SearchIQ Integrations
SearchIQ gets smarter when it runs alongside your other Kernvel apps. Visual search produces a stream of signals — what shoppers looked for, what they couldn't find, what's a near-miss — and your sister apps can turn those signals into recovered sales and better sourcing decisions. No code, no setup beyond a toggle.
How connections work
Every Kernvel app can talk to its sister apps automatically. When you have two Kernvel apps installed, extra capabilities light up. You manage them on SearchIQ's Connections screen — turn each link on or off, per sister app.
Behind the scenes the apps exchange only the minimum needed — product ids, stock states, counts, flags, and (only when a shopper explicitly opts in) a Shopify customer id as a delivery anchor. They never swap raw customer lists, and they're authenticated privately between apps. You stay in control of every connection, and SearchIQ only sends data after a shopper takes the related action.
If a sister app isn't installed yet, its connection shows as Available with a one-click install link. Once it's installed, the connection flips to Connected and you can switch it on.
The framing is simple: run SearchIQ + one sister app together, and you also get the capability below. Turn it on in Connections.
Lost-search → wishlist capture (with ListIQ)
What you get. When a shopper's visual search misses the mark, they can save the closest-match product to their wishlist instead of leaving empty-handed. A low-confidence search becomes recoverable demand rather than a dead end.
Why it matters. SearchIQ focuses on finding the right product; ListIQ is built for wishlists — it owns the consent, the duplicate handling, the wishlist caps, and the follow-up. Together they catch the shopper who almost found what they wanted and give you a way to bring them back.
How to turn it on. Install ListIQ, then enable Lost-search wishlist capture in SearchIQ's Connections screen. It only fires on an explicit shopper action — the shopper chooses to save the item.
Apps: SearchIQ → ListIQ. Turn on in Connections.
Lost-search → back-in-stock capture (with StockIQ)
What you get. From a low-confidence search where the closest match is sold out, a shopper can ask to be notified when it's back — they enter their email and StockIQ handles the alert.
Why it matters. You capture real demand for an unavailable product without SearchIQ holding shopper contact data long-term: StockIQ owns the back-in-stock list, the consent, and the eventual alert. The near-miss search turns into a future sale instead of a lost one.
How to turn it on. Install StockIQ, then enable Lost-search back-in-stock capture in Connections. It fires only when a shopper explicitly taps "Notify me" and provides their email.
Apps: SearchIQ → StockIQ. Turn on in Connections.
Stock-aware ranking (from StockIQ)
Available on the Scale plan and above.
What you get. SearchIQ reads live stock health from StockIQ and factors it into the order of your search results — promoting what's well-stocked, easing back on items about to sell out, and helping move overstock. Search sells through the inventory you actually have.
Why it matters. A perfect visual match the shopper can't buy is a wasted result. With two near-equal matches, the deep-stock one ranks first and the about-to-sell-out one steps back — so visual search drives revenue against real availability, not just visual similarity. It reads product-level stock only; no customer data is involved.
How to turn it on. Install StockIQ, make sure you're on the Scale plan (or above), then enable Stock-aware ranking in Connections.
Apps: StockIQ → SearchIQ. Turn on in Connections.
Assortment gaps from unmet search (to StockIQ)
What you get. The "searched-but-not-found" demand that SearchIQ captures becomes a concrete sourcing list inside StockIQ — for example, "147 people searched for a linen blazer this month, and you don't carry one."
Why it matters. SearchIQ's demand intelligence already clusters the looks shoppers want but you don't stock (see the user guide). Feeding those gaps to StockIQ puts them next to your inventory and reordering decisions, so you buy toward demonstrated demand instead of guesswork. The signal is unique to your store's own visual traffic — a sourcing edge competitors can't replicate.
How it works. With both apps installed, StockIQ reads SearchIQ's anonymized unmet-demand clusters (counts and labels — never shopper photos or identities) and surfaces them in its planning views. You act on the assortment gaps from the StockIQ side. (Demand clustering itself runs on Scale and above, so the gaps flow once you're on a plan that produces them.)
Apps: SearchIQ → StockIQ. Available when both apps are installed.
A note on privacy
These connections are designed to recover demand without compromising shopper trust:
- Minimal data only — product ids, stock states, anonymized counts and labels. Never raw customer lists.
- Explicit opt-in for anything personal — a Shopify customer id is shared only when a shopper chooses to save an item or request a back-in-stock alert, and only as a delivery anchor for the connected app.
- You're in control — every connection has an on/off toggle, and a customer-redact request removes any retained customer id from recovery records.
For the full privacy model — including how shopper search photos are embed-and-discarded — see the Privacy section of the user guide.